Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-01-14

although he may be an Englshman. and
Katsnoschin AtWata is mdisputahly Jap
anese. They are all three iugglcrs Of unu-
sual skill they are quite unlike one unOth-
er in method and manner, and they have
each his own point Of excellence. OF the
three, Paul Cin1uevali is the most original
and inventive. So novel are many If his
feats that we do not hesitate to say that he
stands on the brink Of discovery. The
art Of iugglery is ready for some one to
renovHte it, to reform il. to make IA new
departure. as Robert HOudm did when he
re-invented the modern art Of coniutng.
If Paul Cinqucvali can work with his head
a. he works with his hands, lac may discover
the new jugglery as Robert Houdin discov-
cred the new couiuring Robert Houdin's
great reform was the abolition of apparatus,
of the glittering display of respondent met
al instruments which decorated the stage,
and which the old conjurcrs called pallas
Robert Houdin discarded heavily draped
tables. and as far as possible he wrought his
wonders with simple objects borrowed from
the audience Paul Cmqucvali's best feats
are exactly in line with this reform Of Rob
ert Iloudin's Instead Of Juggling with the
three knives which most performers have
used hitherto. and which have heavily
fork of commerce and the common or gar
den potato. and he iuggles with these.
The feat Paul Cnquevalli accomplishes
with the knife. fork and potato are as novel
as they are extraordinary He losses the
three in air from hand To hand. at last
catching the fork in his right hand. the pc
tato ON the prongs of the fork and the
knife perpendicular ON its point in the Io-
tatu. Again, lac throws the knife, fork and
potato in the air, cutting the potato IN two
by swift stroke of the knife and catching
the halves, one ON the fork IN the leit hand,
and the other ON the point OF the KNIFE IN
the right. This Is the very triumph oi the
skiiiul use 81 common things Whi'h IS th"
essential principle OF the new lugglcry
Equally extraordinary ~ fnul 'lnIurValll $
Juggling with cannon ball, emma plate
and an egg, after which he first throws the
egg 10 feet ia the air, catching 1t ON the
plate without breaking the egg. AMI then lie
throws the cannon bail IN the arr catching
1t on the plate without breaking the plate
| These marvellous i"ats are all done without
! STRAIN or effort AMI win the utmost cast
and certainty And with the same assured
Guinness does he accomplish what Is per
| maps MS most astonishing effect alth"uSh
II Is not a. novel or a. snowy a. those We
nav al Ni''s H''hti''i'''' Inns - N4'' I"-
! cling with cannon bail a transparent
glass bottle and little bit OF paper torn on
and rolled up III sight oi the spectator Inc
enormous disparity "i weight, SIZE ana
shape existing between these three objects
makes thr throwing oi them from hahd To
hahd with unerring certainty IA most dllll-
cult task.
The skill of the Japanese iugglcrs sur
| wives repatriation. and Ne may admire 1t
wonderingly thousand, OF miles away from
/ the islands Of Japan kutsnoschin AtwatH
! is not a. extraordinary "a iuggler as Paul
| Cnquevahi he L. not as inventive he is
not "a, adruit but he has more style and
more humor and Doe Is quite as easy and "a,
| finished in his art Especially to bee praised
/ D., ms manipulation of balls and sticks. 10
| .ethcr and separately. One of hi, rNer
cisrs recalls Robert Houim~ reading while
! Juggling Katsnu~chm Atwata throws three
balls Ina the air and while keeping them ul
moves hi, hands to the right -ijruf his body
while he turns hi, head SLOWLY To the left
until the three balls are beyond the rang,
Of his vision Another Of his effects l.
both pretty and novel He keeps up tW,
balls with his right hand, but. instead of
throwing them up one after the other in d
sort % a circle. as j, the ordinary manner
he throws one of them up perpendicuarll
about two feet. aud then. moving his hano
a foot or two to the left he throws the 9th